Combined knitting needle and stitch holder



Sept. 20, 1955 E. H. BLACK ET AL COMBINED KNITTING NEEDLE AND STITCH HOLDER Filed Sept. 10, 1954 INVENTOR. boeorur M. a4cK sou 1 50 H.

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COMBINED KNITTING NEEDLE AND STIT C HOLDER Edward H. Black and Dorothy M. Black, Midland, Tex.

Application September 10, E54, Serial No. 455,149

4 Claims. (Cl. 66117) The present invention relates to a combined knitting needle and stitch holder for use in the manufacture of hand knit articles having irregular shapes.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a combined knitting needle and stitch holder which may be used to hold stitches of one portion of an article being knitted while the other portions are continued to be knit on the conventional knitting needles.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a stitch holder of such shape and dimensions that it may be used as a knitting needle either by itself or with another stitch holder of the same sort or in combination with one or more conventional knitting needles.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a stitch holder of simple and efiicient design and one which has rounded portions on which the stitches may be accumulated, and one which may be locked to prevent the loss of the stitches therefrom.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide an inexpensively constructed and simply assembled stitch holder which may be made of inexpensive materials and cast from plastic or light weight metal.

These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be fully apparent from the following description when taken in conjunction with the appended drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of the present invention showing the pivotal movement of the bail in dotted lines and showing a portion of a knitted fabric as held on the needle portion of the invention;

Figure 2 is a top view in cross section on line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an end view in cross section on line 33 of Figure 2; and

Figure 4 is a view in perspective of the stitch holder with the bail in fully extended position away from the needle portion of the invention.

Referring in greater detail to the drawing in which like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, the invention will be seen to consist of an elongated needle having a point 11 at the one end and a shoulder 12 at the other end. An elongated tubular casing 13 is provided at one end with an opening which receives the needle 10 but is of such dimension that the shoulder 12 is restrained from outward movement from the casing 13.

A spring 14 within the casing 13 bears on one end against the needle 10 and at the other end is in contact with the body 15 within the bore 16.

The casing 13 is provided with external threads at its end opposite from the needle and is received in the internal threads of the bore 16 in the body 15.

A hole 17 is drilled through the body 15 from one side to the other and receives on opposite sides the inward ends 18 of the bail 19 which is formed of wire or other resilient material. The body 15 is formed on its end opposite the bore 16 with the ears 20 and as seen in Figure 4, the ears 20 receive the bail 19 to support the bail 19 in a position projecting away from the needle 10 and in an axial alignment with the needle 10.

As seen in Figures 1 and 2, the bail 19 is movable to a position projecting parallel to and on each side of the needle 10 and is provided at its midlength opposite 'to the ends 18 with a cone 21 which fits over the point 11 on the needle 10. v i In use, stitches 22 of a partially finished article of knitted manufacture may be slipped upon the needle 10 and the bail 19 swung to the position with the cone 21 over the point 11 of the needle 10, and in which position the stitches will not slip 01f of the needle 10. Other needles may be used to continue the work upon the knitted article and the stitches may be removed from the needle 10 whenever it is desired to work additional stitches into this portion of the knitted article by knitting them off, the other needle being of the conventional type or another stitch holder.

When in the position with the bail away from the needle and in axial alignment with the needle, stitches may be pushed all the way over the casing, the body, and the bail, if desired to hold more stitches than are accommodated by the needle 10 alone.

While a single embodiment of the present invention has been here illustrated and described, it is believed that other embodiments may be made and practiced within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A combined knitting needle and stitch holder comprising an elongated needle formed on one end with a point and at the other end with a shoulder, an elongated casing provided with an opening at one end receiving said needle with said shoulder within said casing, means on said casing preventing said shoulder from movement out of said opening, a body secured to said casing at the other end thereof, a bail pivotally connected to said body and being movable from a position projecting parallel to and on each side of said needle to a position away from said needle and in axial alignment therewith, and means on said bail engageable with said point for releasably locking said bail in the former position.

2. A combined knitting needle and stitch holder comprising an elongated needle formed on one end with a point and at the other end with a shoulder, an elongated casing provided with an opening at one end receiving said needle with said shoulder within said casing, means on said casing preventing said shoulder from movement out of said opening, means in said casing biasing said needle toward said opening, a body secured to said casing at the other end thereof, a bail pivotally connected to said body and being movable from a position projecting parallel to and on each side of said needle to a position away from said needle and in axial alignment therewith, and means on said bail engageable with said point for releasably locking said bail in the former position.

3. A combined knitting needle and stitch holder comprising an elongated needle formed on one end with a point and at the other end with a shoulder, an elongated casing provided with an opening at one end receiving said needle with said shoulder within said casing, means on said casing preventing said shoulder from movement out of said opening, means in said casing biasing said needle toward said opening, a body secured to said casing at the other end thereof, a bail pivotally connected to said body and being movable from a position projecting parallel to and on each side of said needle to a position away from said needle and in axial alignment therewith, means on said bail engageable with said point for releasably locking said bail in the former position, means on said body for releasably locking said bail in the latter position.

4. A combined knitting needle and stitch holder comarising an elongated needle formed on one end with a point and-at the other end with a shoulder, an elongated casing provided with an opening at one end receiving said needle with said shoulder within said casing, means on saidcasing preventing said shoulder from movement ,a position projecting parallel to and on each side of said 10 2,544,429

needle to a position away from said needle and in axial alignment therewith, means on said bail engageable with said point for releasably locking said bail in the former position, and means on said body for releasably locking said bail in the latter position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Crumb July 8, 1941 Kadish et al. Mar. 6, 1951 

